Felix Wiebrecht
felixwiebrecht.bsky.social
Felix Wiebrecht
@felixwiebrecht.bsky.social
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) University of Liverpool | Research Associate V-Dem |
Authoritarianism | Legislatures | China
Co-Organiser @apsgworkshop.bsky.social
felixwiebrecht.com
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New Working Paper 🚨

I am introducing the new dataset on Parliamentary Elites in Authoritarian Regimes (PEAR). It includes information on the composition of parliaments in 819 legislative terms in 130 autocracies from 1945 - based on over 200k individual-level observations.

tinyurl.com/48h68hmh
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The clock is ticking! ⌛
You have until Sunday to submit your proposal for the Spring!
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Join us next week!
Tiffany Simon (@harvardkennedy.bsky.social) will present "Happiness as Control: The Political Consequences of Entertainment Policy in Saudi Arabia" and @andrewleber.bsky.social (@tulanepolisci.bsky.social) and @aasiegel.bsky.social (@colorado.edu) will discuss
October 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Makes the ERC Starting Grants look very attainable in comparison (12.2% success rate for latest round)
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:

- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Our Call for Papers for the Spring 2026 is still open!
Submit your proposal by November 9th using this link: forms.gle/SvZv98ke4QUT...
For more information visit: apsg.work/cfp/
Apply to Present Your Work!
Complete the form to be considered for the Authoritarian Political Systems Group Spring 2026 Season. Read the Seminar Rules before applying.
forms.gle
October 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.

This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏

A short 🧵
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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NEW -

Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - https://cup.org/47i6oKQ

- @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen

#OpenAccess
October 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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🚨 Deadline is TODAY!
🚨 The Call for Papers for PSA26 in Oxford closes soon! 🚨

We would love to host your paper at the 2026
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
conference.

More details here: www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...

Deadline this Friday (17 October)! ❗
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October 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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🚨 The Call for Papers for PSA26 in Oxford closes soon! 🚨

We would love to host your paper at the 2026
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
conference.

More details here: www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...

Deadline this Friday (17 October)! ❗
Events | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
The Political Studies Association (PSA)
www.psa.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Get your submissions in quickly to join us in Oxford next year for the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Annual Conference!
🚨 The Call for Papers for PSA26 in Oxford closes soon! 🚨

We would love to host your paper at the 2026
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
conference.

More details here: www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...

Deadline this Friday (17 October)! ❗
Events | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
The Political Studies Association (PSA)
www.psa.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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New WP! We find: Overall male and female cabinet members have the same backgrounds, but women in high ranking positions, and women in contexts with few women in politics have backgrounds that align more with the archetypal politician. With @jacobnyrup.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/s4hy3htk
October 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
New Working Paper 🚨

I am introducing the new dataset on Parliamentary Elites in Authoritarian Regimes (PEAR). It includes information on the composition of parliaments in 819 legislative terms in 130 autocracies from 1945 - based on over 200k individual-level observations.

tinyurl.com/48h68hmh
October 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Our Call for Papers for the Spring 2026 is now open!
Submit your proposal by November 9th using this link: forms.gle/SvZv98ke4QUT...
For more information visit: apsg.work/cfp/
Apply to Present Your Work!
Complete the form to be considered for the Authoritarian Political Systems Group Spring 2026 Season. Read the Seminar Rules before applying.
forms.gle
October 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Join us next week!
@lisayfan.bsky.social (@politicsoxford.bsky.social) will present her work on expressions of loyalty by female elites. Jakob Tolstrup (Aarhus) and @parzetterberg.bsky.social (@uu-polisci.bsky.social) will discuss.
September 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
📣 Translate your academic expertise into public-facing policy briefs published in partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy!

🚨 Next week Friday's deadline is fast approaching!

Full details below 👇
📣 Call for Papers: The Authoritarian Eco-System 📣

We are launching a new policy brief series w/ the Westminster Foundation for Democracy on authoritarian politics!

Deadline: 3 October 2025
Submit abstract (500 words) researcher’s profile, and CVs to: arc.psa.sg@gmail.com

Details? Read the call &🧵
September 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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@jbeisermcgrath.bsky.social and I wrote the ‘last word’ for the latest Political Insight issue @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social.

We discuss the global rise of authoritarianism, its implications for domestic and international politics, and the future of democracy.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
journals.sagepub.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Join us next week!
@javierpadilla.bsky.social (@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social) will be presenting his work on how oligarchic cleavages shape liberalization and democratization and @alucardi1.bsky.social (@itam-mx.bsky.social) and @emisimison.bsky.social (@qmpoliticsir.bsky.social) will discuss.
September 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
With the new term a new season of @apsgworkshop.bsky.social is also about to start! See the excellent line up below and sign up to the mailing list to recieve meeting invites!

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Fall 2025 schedule is out!
Remember to join our mailing list to join any or all of these great presentations!
mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...
September 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Excited to announce the publication of my article in Comparative Political Studies on how crises shape the ideological legitimation strategies of authoritarian regimes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
September 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!

#Blame #Shifting in #Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from #Turkey

By @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, @jonaswschmid.bsky.social & Fulya Apaydin

doi.org/10.1017/S153...
September 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year's WhoGov workshop on Political Elites! It is amazing to see so much great research presented on political elites and meet so many great people.

And thank you to @inalkristiansen.bsky.social and @jonaswschmid.bsky.social for co-organizing the event
September 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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The 2025 Best Paper Award for the best paper on autocracies and/or regime change presented at the PSA Annual Conference 2025 goes to...

@tjermanova.bsky.social with "Beyond Coordination: The Authoritarian Constitution at the Centre of Intra-Regime Conflict in Post-1979 Iran."

Congratulations! 🥳
July 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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The 2025 Best PhD Paper Award for the best article/chapter written by a current PhD candidate goes to...

@linettelim.bsky.social PhD candidate at @ucddublin.bsky.social for her chapter "Foreign Bogeymen: The Use of Anti-Foreign Media Propaganda in China"

Congratulations!! 🥳
July 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
📢 This is a great opportunity to translate academic research on autocracies into policy-relevant and public-facing briefs!

Full details on the CfP by @psaautocracy.bsky.social and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy below 👇
📣 Call for Papers: The Authoritarian Eco-System 📣

We are launching a new policy brief series w/ the Westminster Foundation for Democracy on authoritarian politics!

Deadline: 3 October 2025
Submit abstract (500 words) researcher’s profile, and CVs to: arc.psa.sg@gmail.com

Details? Read the call &🧵
June 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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🚨New publication!

By now, we know 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 democratic institutions autocratizers undermine, yet we (w/ Gorazd Ordanoski) ask:

𝑯𝒐𝒘 do they attack them?

We present three sequential repressive steps:
1️⃣ legitimization rhetoric
2️⃣ legal engineering
3️⃣ coercive control

🔓🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Patterns of incumbents’ repression during autocratization
How do incumbents attack accountability during autocratization? The literature focuses on what democratic institutions autocratizers undermine, yet incumbents’ steps in attacking accountability mea...
www.tandfonline.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🚨 You only have today and tomorrow left to apply!

Get your applications in for the next series of @apsgworkshop.bsky.social!

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The Call for Papers for our Fall 2025 Workshop series is now OPEN! Polisky Dictatorsky
To apply complete this form by May 31st: forms.gle/SvZv98ke4QUT...
You can find more information here on the CfP: apsg.work/cfp/
Apply to Present Your Work!
Complete the form to be considered for the Authoritarian Political Systems Group Fall 2025 Season. Read the Seminar Rules before applying.
forms.gle
May 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM